The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

•••••••••••••.... BONNET'S S ILK a LYON.—Kvery Article of commerce to kes its title either from the inventor or -nannfacturer..and the more perfect the production the greater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SIL are said to be incapable of identifica tion in England ;b , it the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos ,d by the very tr ade mark of the firm, as exhibited by Messi •s. JAY, of Regent-street. The following in tkrwoven Mark may be seen at the end of each piece :—" M a saufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., k Lyon Injurieux." W tur guaranteed. HER MA:TESTY'S THEATRE. FAUST. (In English.) Nights of Perfot mance - Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. THIS EVENL cG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. Lemmens-Sherrie; aton, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marc hesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Con ductor—Signor Arditi. Corn = sense at Eight o'Clock. ROYAL ENGLISH. OPERA, :OVENT-GARDEN. Under the Ma nazement 01 Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING -„ to commence with (20th time) an en tirely new Operetta, ,entiVed FANCIIETrE. Miss Louisa Yyne and Mr. W. H a rrison. After which, a Gra id Christmas Pantomime, on a stale of unprecedented magnj licence, entitled HARLEQUIN SI '. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors o pen at b alf-past Six—,:ommence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. 312 angers, Xessrs. Edmond Falconer and Chatterton. THIS EN ENING, the Performan Edmund Falconer, vtGHT A.N D MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported t); r Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, zjames, and Misses Leclercq Atkinson, and Heath. To conclu d e with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SI Is [BAD THE SAILOR ; or, Th W e Seven onders of, th- Worl d. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri • Il a rlequins, I , lessrs. J. C ormack and. S. Saville ; Pantaloons.' Messrs. W A . Barn,s and J. Alorrls ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and lit Hisses Gunnies. Prices as i umal. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ][tOYA 1, LYCEUM THEATRE. Uncle t• the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DEA ONIO . (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evenir during the Week. TH IS EvEb TING, the performance will commence withwa New and Orig. anal Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Tere3s-s. Wid dicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, m.)reland ; Mist es Percy, Pauline Le‘dercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lai - enu. Ater which, a t Eight o'clock, BEL DEHONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve 3 Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicles," by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac;', ter by Mr. Fedi' ter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Eme , . - y, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; M. , ss M. Henrade,Xiss E. Lavenu, Mre. Lee, and .11ies Elswort hy. ' The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. HEA,TRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.- s ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. T E VENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, B:ockstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cull entord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, H ill, Src After whi:ch, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Roma d fable. Messrs. Miptiendaie, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &c. Commence at 7. R OY . ELL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Fiole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After wh'ie h, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The t(, Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived i n a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do. EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole :Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. A-N THIS EVENLNG, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS: Mr J L. Toole. pit to F. ight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, support , ad by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, 1111- ington, Stu: Lrt, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billinhi t n. To emelude , with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven_ Magi?, Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, it. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Patti Josephs, Kieft _L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. LEA H.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. MISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tnis EVENING, the 99th appearance of the great Traci Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prii.cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attenaed. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further otice. 11 , 0Nria. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the "INtanagement of Mr. B. WEBSTER. GREAT ATTRACTION.—First Week of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES MA EWS.—Mr. J. L. Toole as Mrs Brown, Mr. ?hell-a. Mr. Pechter, and Lady Audley every evening. 1863; or, the Sensation+ of the Past Season. until further notice. Among the artistes who will appear here are Mr. Benjamin I ,Vebster, Mr. J. L. To le, Mr. Paul Bedford. and Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, Miss Fanny Josephs, and Mrs. C harles Mat:aews. THIS N: V. ENING, and daring the Week, at 7, THE ADVENTLI r ES OF A LOVE LETTER; COOL AS A CUCUMBEE ; and 1863; or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON. On SATITRDA Y next, Jan. 30, will be produced an entirely New Comedy, try Leicester Buckiwharn, Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING, in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirlit ig, and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Sze., will appear. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ORANGE BLOSSOMS. After w hieh, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND EU RY DICE Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hug - hes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. To conclude with TURN 11131 OUT. Commence at 7. 7111 HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Contal ninv, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGEN'CE, An be had l'l:very Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. HIGE. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. tins Dem.. —Morning, 311. 46m.—Afternoon, 3h. 58w. To-tio?.sova .-Morning, 4h. 14132.—Afternoon, 4h. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, Jan. 26, 1864. THEE.MO3I ET ER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.22. Wind—S, ; moderate, and fine. it l ‘ th-t. -- „; - c rsk. Suit LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. 26, 1864. The Legislative Assembly of France appears to have commenced its proceedings this year with more than ordinary spirit. The elcquent discourse of M. TRIERS arrested, for a time, the most profound and universal attention. Now the Baron DE VEANCE has introduced in a very able and elaborate speech the important subject of testamentary rights and the law of succession—a question of the greatest possible importance both in a social and commercial point of view. There is much truth in the position assumed by M. DE VEANCE; the perpetual subdivision of pro perty is necessarily attended with many evils ; but, as the: a are two sides to most questions, so also, on the other hand, the lovers of primogeniture and the consolidation of great fortunes are productive of very painfal results to those at the lower end of the social scale. In England we see in forcible contrast the good and the evil consequences of the latter system. Families and Heads of Houses flourish and grow strung, while individuals, countless units in the great chaos, sink from effluence to poverty, and from poverty to beggary. Yet, so great are the social and practical advantages of our system that he would be a bold innovator indeed who would seek to' alter or even to modify it. The fatal consequences whi c h M. DE VEANCE mo s t particularly deplores do not, however, exist in this country ; for perfect freedom with respect to the disposal of personal property i s perm i tte d b y the tes tamentary law of England. Commercial property may be bequeathed to an eldest son or divided among the several members of a family, in accordance with the desires expressed in the will and testament of the dying fathe r . It is different, however, i n France. There the law compels the subdivisi on o f death of its poss essor. A all the property on th e man with one child may bequeath half of his pro perty at his own discretion; if he have two childre n , he may dispose freely of t wo- thirds, and if the number of his family be larger his freedom in the distribution is yet further restricted. Here it is that Vii. DE VEANCE desires to effect some alte ration. His arguments have much reason on their side, yet the French will be wise to weigh well the consequences before they begin an innovation in their law. It was a theory laid down by the great NAPOLEON in his early days of speculative govern ment that the best source of social prosperity was the avoidance of extreme poverty. He admitted the necessity of social distinc tions, but denied the necessary existence of the extreme of destitution. This theory of the youthful reformer was practically carried out in his great Code, and even an apparently plausible in fringement of which should be viewed with extreme caution. The news from Berlin, though unexpected, can hardly create much surprise. It is, unfortunately, only too much in consonance with the arbitrary temper and despotic opinions of the KING, whose faults as a ruler are doubled by the shortsighted and obstinate men who compose his Cabinet. The Prussian Chamber of Deputies, yesterday, ordered the committee on the Budget to report immediately upon the vote on the Budget, given on Saturday by the Upper House. The report proposing that the vote of the Upper House should be declared null and void, was accordingly made, and at once adopted by the House. Upon this Cnunt EUTEN BURG read a Royal Message, stating that the Diet would be closed that very day by the President of the Council. This arbitrary step was accordingly takea, and the President read a speech from the Throne reproving the Deputies in no measured terms. The "head and front of its offending" is that it has "maintained the ground whieh led to the dissolution of the previous Chamber." This is possibly intended as a warning for the future, as well as an excuse for the present ; a hint that dis solution will be the next step should the Deputies continue refractory. The Budgets are of course the primary cause of complaint. The House has not discussed the Budget of 1863, and has struck out items in the current year which are indispensable for the public ser vice, according to the views of Herr VON BIS MARS and his Royal Master. It has renewed the resolution of the farmer Chamber on the military budget, without first discussing the bill establishing the obligation of military service. The refusal of the loan is another subject of offence, and the house is charged with having passed resolutions, which, in the event of war, pledge it to take part against the Prussian fatherland. The Government, there fore, renounced for the present the hope of coming to terms with the Chamber, and " considers it its duty to act for the maintenance of the State." What these conveniently ambiguous words may signify remains to be seen. The announcement of the intentions of the Cabinet are couched after the manner of Herr VON 331smA1IK, in pompous general terms, but we know the general character of what the Prussian Premier styles "the struggle between the House of Hohenzollern and the House of Representatives." Last year this same conflict absorbed a large ©hare of European attention. It was then a matter pur et simple, a resolute stand in favour of constitutional right on the part of the Chamber—an obstinate and tyrannical effort on the part of the KING and his Government to trample down the liberties of his people. This year the question is complicated by the Schleswig-Holstein dispute. Last year our sympathies, in common with all free nations, were wholly with the Deputies. This year the com batants have a fresh subject of dispute. They agree in their desire to dispossess the Danes of the sovereignty of the Duchies, but they differ in the manner of doing it. The Chamber wishes to estab lish them as an independent State, under the sway of the Duke of AUGUSTENBURG. The KING and his advisers wish to join Holstein at least to the Prussian provinces_ In neither of these projects can the English people take part. The Prussian deputies and the Prussian people have forfeited the warm interest felt in this country in their proceed ings by their conduct in this matter. It ill became the representatives who were resisting oppression— it was little fitting for the people who supported them in the struggle to invade the rights of their neighbours. Apart from the moral wrong, this enthusiasm for Danish conquests is a grave political error on the part of the Prussians. By their headstrong prosecution of the aggression on the rights of Denmark they are weakening their own position towards the Crown, towards France, towards Europe generally. The infatuation which urges them on reminds one of the old saying, Quoit Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. The Prussians are themselves applying the torch to a bonfire that they themselves may have the bitterest cause to regret. Neither of the two great German Powers are in a position to court war. Prussia, with her Rhenish provinces lying temptingly within the reach of France, may look in vain for English support against the trouble she is bringing on herself. This country will not suffer itself to be entangled in her affairs, if she chooses to disregard warning and remonstrance, and to break her former obligations. The English Ministry that attempted such a course would surely rue it. Even the young Crown Prince has already lost much of his popu larity in this country from the countenance he has afforded to the pretensions of the Duke of AUGUS TENBURG. The English public may not be able to follow all the intricacies of Almanach de Gotha, but they can very clearly comprehend that the Prussian King, Ministers, and people are actuated by the greed of power in their eagerness on behalf of the political rights of the Holsteiners. It remains to be seen whether a nation divided against itself can succeed in accomplishing its wishes; but should the Prussians persist, as appears but too probable, in their present course, they can certainly hope for little sympathy or assistance in the misfortunes they will inevitably bring down upon themselves and their country. There are few things more reprehensible than practical joking, and it will be a good thing for society when some more effective check is pnt upon it It is not at all expedient that the present sys tem should continue, as many sad instances con stantly prove that a mere censure does not deter the idle, ignorant, and careless from the perpetration of jokes that often produce most serious results, and not unfrequently leave fatal terminations. A de plorable death through fright was recorded yester day, and an inquest was head upon the body of the victim. A young woman, who was engaged as a dress-maker in the house of a gentleman in Hyde. park-gardens, was coming upstairs when she saw a figure in white in a doorway, and the sudden shock so completely overpowered her that she was carried away insensible. She never entirely recovered, and after lingering for four months expired. A more lamentable case of the sad effects of this detestable habit of practical joking has seldom been heard of, since the death of thin poor young woman was evi dently occasioned by the startling effects of the fearful apparition. It may be suggested that the verdicts of the jury in these cases are not strong enough, and in this particular instance just cited it is very strange they should have separated withoutat least passing a severe censure upon the unhappy indi vidual who caused the calamity. It is not enough to declare that the death was occasioned by a mis fortune. It is not to be expected teat the passing TIM SUN, LUND° of such mild sentences as this will put a stop to the dangerous practice of ",joking," which has produced such serious evils in so many instances, and so often laid the foundation of incurable maladies, if the fatal results of this case here recorded did not im mediately ensue. In this instance, doubtless, the perpetrator of the joke did not intend to do any harm, and may have been, as the Coroner remarked, "sincerely sorry for her folly," but the law should not so readily exonerate those charged with such offences, or allow them loop holes through which they can so easily pass, and escape the punishment they so justly merit. In other cases of accidents and injuries the same laxity is not witnessed, and where danger is apprehended the responsible party is detained until the result is known, and the circumstances duly investigated, It is certain that, morally, a person is more guilty who injures another by dressing up as a ghost, or by producing spectral illusions to frighten and startle, than one who accidentally knocks down or runs over another in the streets. In moat cases of this sort the foot passengers are greatly to blame for haste, or imprudence, and the catas trophe that occurs is sometimes almost unavoid able in the hurry of business and pressure of affairs. Now planning a practical joke is a delibe rate intention, and cannot possibly be accounted for as inadvertence, or excused as unintentional, and no possible reason can be adduced to allege a necessity or a strong inducement to commit the action. The sooner the matter is regarded in the right light, and taken up in the proper spirit, the better. It is only surprising that more strictness and severity have not been exercised in this respect, when we consider that the interests of so many are bound up in the matter, Children are constantly exposed to danger through the carelessness of nur serymaids in many respects, but in none do they incur more risks than in the practice of " dress kg up ghosts" and other frightful images to terrify them into silence. Now, all this ignorance of effects, and non-intention to injure, that is so readil: put forward as a plea for the commission of the offence, will best be cured by the in fiction of a punishment. If it is urged that the mode of procedure is hard on the innocent actors who meant no harm, it is surely much worse that others should lose their health, their reason, and their lives. The sooner such lamentable ignorance is enlightened the better, and a little rough expe rience will be the best antidote against a very absurd frame of mind, and great want of thought, which must inseparably accompany all such reprehensible practices. The e ffect on others is to be considered, too, in dea:ing with such cases, and treating the offenders. There are many who will wilfully dis regard or totally ignore the warnings that such practices are dangerous, who will pay attention di rectly they understand that they may be subjected to annoyance or inconvenience in the carrying out of their foolish games. When such stringent laws and oppressive etactments are made for the preser vation of game, in order that sportsmen may in dulge themselves In any exciting pursuit, it seems rather inconsistent that no check should be applied to this social calamity, and no steps taken by the authorities to interpose a barrier for the protection of the community. It is high time that this anomaly be rectified and thie grievance redressed. Let the Legislature make the practice a chargeable offence, and it will soon be seen that, as in the case of FREDERICK'S soldiers contriving to keep their hats on their heads in the wind when he had punished one for the " accident," as it was called, of the wind blowing off his hat in the midst of a review, and thereby causing great confusion, that the ignorance which now prevails as to the extent of the evils and injuries of practical joking will vanish as if by magic, and the results of the increased intelligence cannot but be profitable to the parties concerned, and most fortunate and happy for their intended victims. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residenc3 of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were Lord Pal merston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Gray, Earl Russell, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—The following note has been addressed by Mr. Disraeli to the members who usually act with him in the House of Commons : " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that Parliament will reassemble on Thursday, the 4th February, and I would express my hope that you may find it convenient to be in your place that day, as business of importance may be expected.—l am sir, your faithful servant—B, DISRAELI. Hughenden Manor, Jan. 12." THACKERAVS LAST WORK.—Charles Dickens, writing about Mr. Thackeray in the February num ber of the Cornhill Magazine, says :—" On the table before me there lies all that he had written of his latest and last story. That it would be very sad to any one —that it is in expressly so to a writer—in its evidences of matured designs never to be accomplished, of intentions begun to be exe cuted and destined never to be completed, of careful prepa ration for long roads of thought that he was never to tra verse, and for shining goals that he was never to reach, will be readily believed. The pain, however, that I have felt in perusing it has not been deeper than the conviction that he was in the healthiest vigour of his powers When he wrought on this last labour. In respect of %Nest feeling, far-seeing purpose, character, incident, and a certain loving picturesqueness blending the whole, I believe it to be much the best of all his works. That he fully meant it to be so, that he had become strongly attached to it, and that he be stowed great pains upon it, I trace in almost every page. It contains one picture which must have coat him extreme distress, and which is a masterpiece. There are two chil dren in it, touched with a hand as loving and tender as ever a father caressed his little child with. there is someyoung love, as pure and innocent and pretty as the truth. And it is very remarkable that by reason of the singular construc tion of the story, more than one main incident usually be longing to the end of such a fiction is anticipated in the beginning, and thus there is an approach to completeness in the fragment, as to the satisfaction of the reader's mind concerning the moat interesting parsons, which could hardly have been better attained if the writer's breaking-off had been foreseen. The last line he wrote and the last proof he cor rected are among these papers through which I nave so sor rowfully made my way. The condition of the little pages of manuscript where death stopped his hand shows that he had carried them about, and often taken them out of his pocket hero and there, for patient revision and interlinea tion. The last words he corrected in print were, And my heart throbbed with an exquisite bliss.' God grant that on that Christmas-eve when he laid his head back on his pillow and threw up his arms, as he had been wont to do when very weary, some consciousness of duty done and Christian hope throughout life humbly cherished, may have caused his own heart so to throb, when he passed away to his Redeemer's lest. YOUNG POETS are reminded by a sagacious critic in the Saturday .Review that they rarely take the trouble to imitate any living poet under the rank of Mr. Tennyson ; whereas, adds the reviewer, the minor poets have distinct styles, and it is because they have this that they attract and please. Whatever else may be said of Mr. Browning, or Mr. Matthew Arnold, or Mr. Henry Taylor, or even of less aspiring composers—of Lord Houghton, for instance, or Mr. Coventry Patrnore—this much atleast may be said, that a poem written by them obviously comes from them, and has a cast that is recognisable and peculiar. But in the productions of unsuccessful young poets this is the very thing that is wanting. Page after page is turned over, and the versification may be good and clever in its way, but it is either imitative or colourless. The world has got the thing before, and does not want any more of it, and so the volume, when published, falls hopelessly flat. A WONDERFUL METEORITE.—The Gottinger Nachrichten gives an account of a meteorite which has been found at Obenkirchen (Schaumburg) imbedded in a mass of sand 15 feet below the surface. Its weight is about 82 pounds, and it has the form of an irregular four sided pyramid. The mass is still intact, with the exception of a small piece, which has been removed for analysis. The surface is entirely converted into brown and black hydrated oxide of iron, plainly showing it must have fallen some cen turies ago. The iron is quite passive, and does not reduce copper from a solution of one of its salts. The specific gravity is very small, being only 7'12. A small portion, weighing 2.9 grs., was removed for analysis, and was found to have the following composition 90'95 ; nickel and, cobalt, 8.01 ; phoaporus, 0'64, , TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1864 LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PROROGATION OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, Jan. 25. The Chamber of Deputies to-day ordered the Committee on tha Budget to immediately report upon the vote on the Budget given on Saturday last by the Upper House. The Committee accm dingly made their report, which proposed that the vote of the Upper House should be declared null and void. This proposition was adopted by the house. Count Eulenburg then read a Royal message, stating that the Diet would be closed to day at three p.m. by the President of the Council. The Diet was closed to-day by the President of the Council, who read the Speech from the Throne. The following are the most important passages : " The Chamber of Deputies has maintained the ground which led to the dissolution of the previous Chamber. The House has rejected the Bill refer ring to Article 99 of the Constitution, and has not discussed the Budget of 1863. In the Budget of the current y ear it has struck out items which are indis pensable for the public service. The House has also renewed the resolution of the previous Chamber upon the Military Budget without having discussed the preliminary Bill establishing the obligation to military service. For that reason the Upper House, in the exercise of its Constitutional rights, has rejected the Budget of 1864 as amended by the Chamber of Deputies. " The Government has carried out, the vote of the Chamber with regard to the Polish members ar rested for high treason, but does not consider it conformable to the respect due to public justice and to the dignity of the House. _ _ " The House has also refused the required loan proposed by the Government to afford the means of carrying out Federal Execution in Holstein, as well as for the maintenance of Prussia's position as a great Power and her honour in the further develop ment of the conflict, and likewise for covering the portion of the expenses of the Execution falling to Prussia as member of the German Confederation. The House rejected this vote, although the King had pledged his word, in his reply of the 27th of December, that the money should only be em ployed for the protection of the right and honour of the country. " The House has passed resolutions by which the majority, in the event of warlike complications, takes part beforehand against the Prussian Fatherland. " Renouncing, therefore, for the present the hope of bringing about an understanding with the Cham ber, the Government considers it its duty to act for the maintenance of the State, and relies herein upon the growing support of the country." SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 26. The Correspondencia states that the Finance Minister has drawn up a project to improve the revenue of the State and limit the expenses of the public service. THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. The country has ceased to look for the capture of Charleston, either by General Gilmore's army or by the ironclad navy. The many months that have passed since the last serious attempt by the Monitors have brought with them many promises, and left behind them an equal number of disap pointments; and those who anticipated that Gene ral Gilmore's reduction of Fort Wagner would in stantly be followed by the seizure of Sumter's site, of Fort Moultrie, James Island, and all the works in the harbour, have waited in vain for the realisa- tion of their hopes. The navy has maintained a blockade of Charleston harbour that even the rebels must admit is effective, if not perfect ; and our news has all along kept us informed that General Gil more was from time to time training his guns upon the city, as well as " feeling" the state of matters along the important railroad linestretching between Charleston and Savannah. The recalling of these latter facts will remind those who fancy that oul army and navy down there have been absolutely useless that they, at least, are mistaken ; for we do not doubt that the simple fact that General Gilmore has ceaselessly threatened the railroad line just mentioned has held in the vicinity and kept out of service elsewhere a very large rebel force. When another attack upon the defences of Charleston was in contemplation, prior to the assignment of Admiral Dahlgren, and Gen. Gilmore to their present commands, the ques tion, we presume, was not, What is the best way to operate ? but, Can we operate at all, so as to make the handful of troops in that department available for offensive operations? Can the meagre land force there be advantageously used, or must it remain idle P Circumstances rendered it impossible to in crease it. Not a regiment could be spared from any of our armies, and any work in the Department, of the South must be done by the force already there. Two attempts against the defences of Charleston had been made without gaining a foot of ground. One was a land attack under Benham, and the other a naval attack under Dupont. Ironclads were deemed a most formidable means of offence, and it was evi dent that any plan which promised success must involve a close co-operation of land and naval forces in some project that would allow the iron-clad ele ment to enter largely. The few thousand troops in the department were not expected to capture Charleston, but only to execute their part of a plan of joint operations. To have thrust them upon the main land unsupported against an enemy that had had two years to erect his defences and having at his back unlimited means of concentrating troops by railroad, would have been crimi nal folly. A plan of joint operations was agreed upon, each branch of service to do cer tain specified work. The plunging fire of Sumter was what the Monitors most feared on account of weak decks. That eliminated, naval men declared that the Monitors could pass up to the city. An article in the Army and Navy Journal, evident:3r written by some one who knows what he is talking about, tells us that the plan of attack proposed by General Gilmore was,-1. To effect a lodgment on the south side of Morris Island, which it was known the enemy were then strongly fortifying; 2. To be siege and reduce Fort Wagner, by which' all the works on Cumming's Point would necessarily fall ; 3, From the position thus gained to demolish Fort Sumter; 4. The vessels of war to remove the ob- structions at the entrance of the harbour, and reach the city by running by the works on Sullivan's Island. The first three items of the above pro- gramme were fully accomplished long ago, and the fame of the performance resounded throughout the world. The echoes of General Gilmore's big guns and the arguments of the " Swamp Angel" were not our least persuasive diplomatists. For the ensuing weary months of delay there may be good reaaan, bat, whether there is or not, General Gilt more is by no one held responsible for this delay. His work was done, and well done. When it was suspected that the enemy was putting guns on the channel faces of Samter, fire was re-opened upon it. A slow fire "from mortars, to pre vent working inside, was long kept up. What ad • vantage the delay has given the enemy cannot be well estimated. It has probably entirely changed the condition of the problem. The shores of the inner harbour and the wharves of the city bristle with guns that did not exist at the time Gilmore took Wagner, and military men assert that what was feasible for the monitors to do then is very diffi- cult if not impossible now ; that if they once reached the inner harbour they could not hope to remain there. The permanent occupatiOn of Sumter by our troops, while the enemy hold James and Sullivan's Islands, seem to be impracticable, neither is it at all necessary. Sumter is harmless, and cannot injure the monitors. But the enemy, from his batteries, sees all the five faces of Sumter; we, from our bat teries, see but two of its faces, The enemy has a concentric fire on Sumter—his batteries encircle it ; ours fire upon it from one direction. It would ap pear, therefore, that if it were possible to get pos session of it, it would not only be possible but easy for the enemy to get it back again. The prospect of crpturing Charleston by the monitors, or by an attack after any fashion, or by any agency, from the front, does not certainly seem to be very bril liant, but still we do not believe that the rebels will hold the city all of this year by any means.—New York, Times, MRS. LIRRIPER READ AND BEETHOVEN ILLUS TRATED.-Mr. Howard Glover announces another of his morning concerts—at which the entertainment will be varied by Mrs. Stirling's reading of a part of " Mrs. Lirri per." There will also be given Beethoven's Pastoral Sym phony, with scenic illustrations. NINE YEARS OF RUSSIAN FINANCE.—In 1853 the funded debt stood at Attie above 160,000,000, and the floating debt at perhaps 10 or 12 millions more. The paper circulation was about £50,000,003, supported by a metallic reserve of more than a third of that amount. Since that time the funded debt has risen to £11,000.000, the floating debt is doubled, the circulation of bank notes has been raised to more thanLloo,ooo,ooof, and specie pay ments have been suspended. THE ALABAMA,—By the arrival of the Cape mail we learn that two vessels had arrived in Table Bay at the end of December with news of the Alabama. Captain Cato, of the Beautiful Star, reported that in pass ing the Straits of Sunda, on the 25th October last, he was informed that the Alabama had passed Angier a day or two before. She had 25 men sick, and did not report any cap tures. Captain Sedgwick, of the Latona, from Singapore, reported that he had heard of the Alabama being in the China Seas, and on the night of the 6th November, off the Java Heads, saw a fine vessel of about 500 tons, with all sails set, on fire, and a bark-rigged steamer near her, which he supposed to be the Alabama. A private letter which has been shown us describes the later occurrence as follows: " On the night of the 6th Nov., about 150 miles W.S. of Java Heads, I was called about 11 o'clock by the third officer to look at a ship on fire. I jumped out and hurried on deck. It was rather a dirty, rainy sort of a night, and we were under easy sail—royals, mizentopgallant sail, and mainsail stowed; and right ahead was seen a bright glare. The Latona was close-hauled, so as to make a little to wind ward of it, and under the impression that she was one of the cotton ships from China, which had accidentally caught fire, we burnt blue lights to let her know a ssistance was at hand. As we got near her we co uld see her plainer--a fine double topsail yard bark, royals hau led up, but not stowed, and the mainyard backed; infect, properly hove to, as any other ship would be for a boat to board her. She was on fire fore and aft, masts all standing, and seemingly not a soul aboard her, and no boats in sight. It was one of the finest sights I have seen at sea. It was, as I have said, rather a dirty night, and though, we were close to the unfortunate bark, it was as light as day, all outside the halo of her light was doubly dim and black. Out of this darkness came a long low craft, which we soon found out to be a steamer, bite we could not distinguish her colours. She passed close between us and th e bark. We guessed what she was at once, more especially as we heard in Singapore that she had been at the Cape, and was probably going towards the China Seas. The comments of our crew were rather curious, greatly in favour of the Southerners; but it was a source of lamentation the burning of the bark's fine white cotton can vas, enough to make jumpers and trousers for all hands for some years I We expected a visit from the Alabama, but she did not come near us, as we kept, away on our course. On our arrival here the lieutenant of the United States steamer Mohican came on board and got an extract from the log, and two days after that left, bound eastward, on a cruise. It will take a much smarter craft than she is to catch the Alabama." THE HISTORY OF THE COTTON FAMINE. —Mr. R. A. Arnold has undertaken to write the history of the cotton f am ine. Mr. Arnold is known as the author of " Ralph ; or, St. Sepulchre's and St. Stephen's," and is a contributor to our periodical literature; besides which, he was officially connected with "The Public Works Act," FRANCE. BOURSE, Jan. 25.—The market has been rather firmer, but without any material improvement in prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66fr. 40c. Mobilier have improved to 1,027 fr. 500. Railway Shares firm, at about Saturday's quota tions. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents .. 95 10 Do. end month.... 68 65 Do. end month.... New ditto ...... 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 35 Russian Credit Mobilier....lo2o Austrian Do, end month ....1020 Spanish Threes 5l 59 Bank Shares 3275 Rome Debt . . 49 25 Credit F oncier 1220 Italian Loan 6B 75 RAIL Deferred - Roman - VAYB. Cash. Account. 995 .. 998 75 952 50 .. 952 50 Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 932 60 .. 932 50 New ditto Southern 652 50 .. 660 Western Eastern .. 482 50 .. 480 Sardinian 3BO 380 Austrian Lombard North of Spain ..... 495 .. 497 50 Saragossa .. 563 75 .. 570 Ditto to Barcelona .... 288 75 .. '295 FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF ATHOLE, On Saturday the mortal remains of the late Duke of Athole were interred in a vault under the ruined church of Blair, within the policies of Blair Castle. The family place of sepulture has for many genera tions been the cathedral church of Dunkeld, but the duke had expressed a desire to be laid in this se cluded burial-place, in the midst of his favourite Highland scenery. The old church of Blair is not above half a mile from the castle, and is now en closed within the policies. It has been disused for above 40 years, and is now roofless and in ruins. The churchyard is believed to have been the burial place of the Stuart Earls of Athole, descendants of the Scotch Kings; and Viscount Dundee, who was mortally wounded in making a last stand for King James 11. in 1689, at the pass of Killiecrankie, was buried there. The funeral procession on Saturday presented a scene of singular interest and impres siveness. There was little in the outward display that recalled the traditional funeral customs of the Highlands, but the unanimity with which the people of Athole gathered to pay their last respects to the duke showed much of the old feeling of devoted ness to their chief. As heieditary colonel of the Athole Highlanders, an exceptionally constituted volunteer body, his men rallied like a clan around him, and were his body guard on many occasions of display. For 20 years his grace had filled the office of Grand Master Mason of Scotland by constant re election, although annual changes had formerly been the custom. In this capacity he had founded many important structures throughout Scotland, and stood deservedly popular with the whole Masonic body. At the funeral there was a full muster of the Athole Highlanders, and, notwithstanding the remoteness of the place, a large Masonic display. The funeral party, consisting of the Athole High landers, the relatives and friends of the deceased, the Masonic lodges, the tenantry, &c., assembled at Blair Castle at half-past 12 o'clock. The Rev. Court Granville, vicar of Alnevick, brother-in-law of the deceased, read part of the burial service of the Church of England inside the house to the assembled relatives and friends, while in front of the castle the Rev. Dr. Irvine, minister of the parish, conducted prayer in the Scotch form, and the Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Moulin, led the devotions of the tenantry, assembled in the north avenue. About half•past 1 the funeral pro cession began to move, the pipers playing the mourn ful Scotch air, " The Land o' the Leal," and a small battery of artillery delivering a salvo of 49 shots to signify the age of the deceased. The Marquis of Tullibardine (now the Duke of Athole) was chief mourner, and the other pall bearers were Lord James Murray (brother of the deceased), Viscount Strathallan, Mr. Drummond of Meggietch, and Sir Malcolm Macgregor. Among the company were the Earl of Mansfield, Viscount Stormont, Sir T. Moncreiffe, and many other relatives of the family. The Masonic deputations were headed by Lord Kinnaird, K.T., Past Grand Master, and Mr. J. Whyte Melville, Deputy Grand Master. While the procession was on its way the Duchess of Athole, accompanied by Miss Macgregor and the Rev. Mr. Granville, drove by another route to the place of burial, where they arrived a few minutes before the cortege, and took up their places near the enult. On reaching the churchyard the officers and a firing party of the Highlanders, and the relatives and friends, were admitted into the area of the church, where the remainder of the funeral service was read by Mr. Granville, in the midst of a most touching scene. After the service the area was cleared, and the firing party discharged three volleys over the grave. The vault was kept open for some time to allow the people to see the coffin and whore it rested, and was built up in the evening. The weather was extremely cold, several showers of snow having fallen, but, being followed by bright sunshine, the romantic scenery of the Highland Talley had an aspect of peculiar splendour. Eton and Rugby Football Contrasted, The grand characteristic of the Rugby game is the carrying the ball in the hand. The football, taken on the bound at Rugby —as, indeed, was of old the custom in several of the North of England and Scottish counties—may be carried through the enemy's lines until it is taken by force from the successful holder—and force in such a case includes hacking, mauling, holding, and everything but striking. The Eton play forbids carrying off the ball altogether. The ball never rests in the hand at all; but at most passes through it to the ground. As the ball is never carried otherwise than between the feet, no personal violence is required, as at Rugby, to take it from the holder. Hacking and shinning, though not positively forbidden at Eton, are seldom seen for the simple reason that they are not necessary. Pushing is illegal, nor may the ball be caught, thrown, or even struck with the hand. Between those two rival methods the Harrow game halts, inclining mainly to Eton. At Harrow, under certain limitations, catching is legi timate; but all shinning is strictly without the pale of the law. Upon the minor peculiarities of all the games, such as "rouges," " " bases," " n ots'' —the various modes of preventing "sneaking" or " offside" play, and other features of the kind, it is not essential to dwell. 'While each school holds its own, none can play a common game; but if it were worth while, there is no doubt a common system might be arranged, which would not seriously in jure sport at any public school—Rugby always excepted; _ _ _ With respect to the carrying system, or the hand and foot game, and the non-carrying system, or the foot game, the question wears another aspect. These, in fact, are two different games, not various modes of playing the same game. Etonians insist, with vehemence and plausibility, first, that the hand and foot game is barbarous (for it involves backing and holding); and, secondly, that it is not football. The second objection may be dismissed as frivolous. History is against it, for, as above stated, the hand and foot game is not an innovation, but an original system indigenous in some parts of England. Moreover, it is open to the conclusive answer, that if it is:not football, it is something else which its admirers think as good; and so interesting a matter cannot be decided by an appeal to nomenclature. The suggestion of barbarity may have more validity. Yet even this point will carry weight if the game in itself be a great one; and that it is a great game is clear, from the fact that the modern schools, such as Marlborough, Haileybury, Cheltenham, and Clifton, are adopting it in preference to all others. An essential reason why the carrying system must ever be popular is, that it is the only first-rate game which a hundred or a hundred and fifty players tan play together. The non-carrying games by their very nature can be practised only by smaller numbers. The Right Rev. Bishop Gillis, we understand, at present lies seriously ill ; and on Sunday prayers were made in all the Catholic churches of Edinburgh for his recovery to health. - LORD RUSSELL'S UNRULY AlE➢LBErt.—The sad fate of the courageous man who was afflicted with the possession of a pair of cowardly legs has often been the subject of commiseration. It was very hard upon him. No matter how boldly his heart beat, or whit gallant resolu tions his brain might frame, his incorrigible legs always would turn round and run away at the first report of fire• arms. Lord Russell (says the Saturday Review), is just at present the unhappy victim of a combination not per haps quite so humiliating, but almost as vexatious. In himself he is the most peaceful and cautious of mankind He never dreams of war, or, if he must wage it occasionally, it is only with some of those barbarous Oriental nations who have evidently been designed by a beneficent Provi dence to serve the special purpose of testing our Arm strong guns. But beyond his dealings with these exceptional samples of humanity, he has always shown himself to be possessed of an intensely pacific nature. Indeed, it has shone forth in every period of his political life, and in his domestic as well as in his foreign policy. He has always been willing to sacrifice anything for peace, especially upon those occasions on which he had reason for thinking that his side was the weakest. Col leagues, principles, pledges, have more than once been left hastily in the lurch by this sincere lover ot peace, when he saw that they were menaced, and that he might become in volved in conflict on their behalf. It must be a cruel mor tification to this tranquil and submissive spirit that he is en dowed with one of the most pugnacious pens in Europe. During the few years that he has been in office he has probably insulted more Governments than all his ten immediate predecessors put together. If this combative bearing had been intentional, and had been borne out by the policy which followed it, the result, though disagreeable to the tax-payer, would not have reflected any igno miny upon the nation, or upon the Foreign Secretary himself. But nothing is further from the thought of the meek and gentle spirit that sits behind that pen than ever to come to blows. If his true intentions could be mirrored in his despatches, if the abundant discretion which tempers his courage could only communicate itself to his words, foreign Powers would have no ground for the irritation which an English despatch usually excites in their minds. But he has never yet been able to gain a complete mastery over his pen. At present he has concluded a sort of com promise with it. The pen is to abstain, as a rule, from wan tonly insulting large Powers, at least when smaller Powers can be found to receive the insults instead; and whenever. from a small Power or a great, the insults shall have provoked a sharp retort, the said pen is to accept the affront in meekness, and not venture upon a dangerous reply. Thanks to this happy arrangement, peace has, up to this time, been maintained. The true character of Lord Russell's bluster has been studied in many striking examples by the Continental nations, and is by this time thoroughly understood. His despatches are no longer considered, either here or abroad, as provocative ot war. They are only looked upon as a challenge to a scolding match, in which the foreign diplomatist, wielding a more delicate weapon, usually wins an easy victory. There is no harm in such an arrangement, provided that it is thoroughly understood. Words, after all, me only con• ventional symbols of thoughts; and if it is once settled that angry menaces are to mean in reality only a determination to give in, pusillanimous intentions can be expressed as effectively in that mode as in any other. The only misfor tune is that foreigners assume that the English people Select for their Foreign Minister some one who suitably re presents their sentiments and character. They consequently infer, with unimpeachable logic, that a taste for blustering and a great dislike of fighting are the most conspicuous characteristics of the English nation. ANTIQUITY OF THE VIOLIN.—In MSS. of about the eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries there occur pictures of men wielding the bow upon the strings; and we still see among the sculptures of our early Gothic cathe drals carvings of celestial orchestras, in which saints and Seraphim are playing on various sorts of " fytheles" among other instruments. Thenceforward, until the middle of the sixteenth century, the fiddle appears in all sorts of shapes and varieties—egg-shaped, pear-shaped, and spoon-shaped, large and small, with two, three, and up to as many as seven strings. We are told even of a " Viole de Bordone with forty-four strings," and a " Sambuca Lyrcea, in vented by Colonne, a Neapolitan, in the sixteenth century, which, it is said, had five hundred strings." At about this date, however, the now existing type had become definitely established. Viols were still made of many sizes ; but, in shape and structure, they were commonly the same as our present violins. In those musi cal days, before keyed instruments became dominant in the household, it was common in musical families to have a chest of viols, containing two trebles, a tenor, and a bass viol, and occasionally there were duplicates of some of the instruments ; at Hengrave, for instance, there was a chest of six viols. Sir Thomas More, who was fond of music, kept viola and an organ in his house. The bass was called "viol da gamba" or leg-viol, the tenor, "viol da braccio," being played supported by the arms. (Is the German bratsche a corruption of this name ?) The fact is that with all our advance in practical skill we have been unable to improve on the models known 300 years since, unless it be 1 in some of the minor details. DR. MAINE'S PRIZE SILVER GOBLET BRIMMED WITH GOLD.—By the will of the late Dr. Swiney funds are vested in the , Society of Arts for awarding, in concert with the Royal College of Physicians, on every fifth anniversary of Dr. Swiney's death, " to the author of the best published treatise on Jurisprudence, a silver goblet of the value of £lOO, with gold coin in it to the same amount." The award of the judges appointed by the will was made on the 20th instant in favour of Henry Sumner Maine, Esq., D.C.L-, late Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Cambridge, and now member of the Legislative Council of India, the author of a work on Jurisprudence entitled " Ancient Law." Tile goblet has been executed by the Messrs. Garrard, after a design, especially prepared for the Society of Arts, by Daniel Maclise, EN., R.A. The next award will be made on the 20th day of January, 1869, when a work on Medical Jurisprudence will be selected. A. FRENCH MEMORIAL TO SHAKSPERE.—Victor Hngo has a new work in the press upon Shakspere. It is to appear towards the end of February, just before the three hundredth anniversary of the great poet's birthday, which it is intended to commemorate. The book is to be dedicated to England, as the country in which the great French exile has established his home for so many years. M. Louis Ulbach, in speaking of this work, says :—it is a profound and exhaustive study, made with respect, with reverent fear, but with independence, of one of the greatest of Dull," 61114 t"` ye-a, HER MAJESTY. - 4 ,- WINDSOR CASTLE, Jiii3.,,, 0 The Archbishop of Dublin an d Lord Wodebal° ha& audiences of the Queen. princess The Queen, Princess Louise, and Beatrice, went to Frogmore House this morning, and left it at half - past one o'clock, •ra'' f a s o p r e t e i ll s ° lo ti Great Western Railway ation, where train was in readiness to convey her o' l3l 1 Gosport - . Her Majesty was attended b y the Marchione, sir E° of Ely, the Hon. Mrs. Bruce , C olonel the o°. r. C. B. Phipps, Colonel. Sir T. M. BidduTht allci' Holzmanu. 1,3d 1 The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded Churchill as Lady in Waiting. Departure of the Queen for ocln O d S us b ey : si e g : ihsfi;: juat This morning her WINDSOR, Monday the Prince and Princess of Wales and their 1° eo son at Frogmore; and after lunch the G a . e c ; accompanied by their Royal Highnesses th e , r il? e of Wales and the Princess Louise and ne e ,, , i) --1 1: and attended by Colonel Sir T. M. the Marchioness of Ely, an d the 11eg.;,,,,te0 Bruce, left Frogmore at abou t twenty ti'dBor to two o'clock, and drove to the terminus of the Great Western where a special train, t o which was attached 0 to the two state saloons, was in readiness ill ° rder rn e, convey the Queen to Gosport, en ro ute to 3 1 by On alighting the Royal party were recei/e net Colonel Sir C. B. Phipps, the Right goo, m eet Walpole, M.P. (who accompanied the tt ein) 'ilef Messrs. Grierson (the general manager)l.s.etert: Burlinson, and Matthews, of the Great v" ,: i hie Railway, R while the Prince of Wales esco tte Ttio oyal mother and sisters to , the state saloon. 4,0. Royal passengers having taken their seats the ' P- 0 immediately started, leaving the station at 1.631:04 precisely. The Queen looked more cheer f°l - smiling than has been noticed for s ome tit n , g The spectators on the platform cheered jesty loudly as the Royal train left the " r tore• amid which the Prince of Wales left for fr e g - e de 4 On leaving Windsor the special train P, r° ,,, ee toX 4 rapidly, via Slough and Reading, to Basl i e v ' e o ter tt along the narrow-gauge rails of the Great to R tilway, where it arrived at about ten fore!' A three o'clock. Here the care of the tt elli tr oP handed to the charge of Mr. Godson, tti: superintendent of the South-Wes tern ep along which line the remainder of the jou lti t i foo the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, GhsP°ridlii performed ; and where her Majesty, t he lof t) family, and suite, embarked on board 0% fof yacht, and proceeded to Cowes, en r°lll-6,010 Osborne, which it was expected would be r 6 about five o'clock in the evening. •----- 1 , Ar t/ The Duke and Duchess of MarlhoOlig,ry 11 e rh s e pected at their residence in St. James's-scPlare_i,„„Tiooo from the week from Blenheim Palace, near II"' the season. fo th e The Duke of Newcastle is able to attelia;,- Stat e t o ch ffi aeb c a ciinaoleltdonuc consultationi t oe i us e , s nbc attached a thet tu Saturday), advice d h a i y s l office o f hisas S p e h c y r e a. t i c e i r 1:6 if Eyed f vr : o h_ o o t I It, ~ absented him The late Duke of Cleveland's funeral .t °°l‘ Plitee to-day at Raby. 0 411 arr l .v 'h a e at Marquis and Marchioness of Sallsbliorigtielei nextl the family mansion in Arlington-street o ' from Paris. The Marquis of Gallifet hats r ettlfil t: sl/ifett° Claridge's Hotel from Kimbolton Castle, IllintitlP° f til . Council, Earl Granville, the Lord Presidest ° li t oo Wednesday street, Berkeley-square, to a numerous party of Peer s , 0 oftheeveGnoinvger, nthmee3ndt.proximo, at his house Cla y The Countess Vane and family- have left C.- Hotel for Wynyard-park, near Stockton, Durhge'b, Th The Countess (Dowager) more Jersey is oo loi, are e i medical report yesterday was favourable, 1100°"' heen nformd that all danger is over. The counteeseoetec4: confined to the house so long as has been rer 1 ,9 and her illness arose from a seve re cold. re a f The Count and Countesss de la Bedoi e- mytto - a t Claridge's Hotel, ;rem visit to the arrived e ' Manchester at Kimbolton Castle. , f; Viscount Palmerston will give a f u ll-d re-s oo ''' 1 3 i d amentary dinner at Cambridge House, Pieeiglillia'c'e; of February, to the Right Hon. the Speaker oc-411013" Commons and a large circle of bars of '- d r CO from Stanley, M.P., comes to WO tc).. i connected with the Government. mewl Oe r Knowsley-park, Lancashire, for the seaeol'' ;ye a e h tl ; Saturday Mrs. Gladstone and Miss Gladstone s tr , i ; p re,. at the Chancellor of the B010:348; - ale e 1 mansion on Carlton House-terrace, from sir w. I seat in Fliatshire. AGREEABLE LIGHT READING." j ' '' * - 1- 1 legion. n u,4n e pc va dos titst GermannNi i V be e ehrt des notice, pamphlets 0 0 , : . 6 te, r " Vutum Schleswig-Holstein Fiirstenhauses ;'' die Schleswig_Howeivkice SOO:, sciiitr, steinche e‘e‘ Awuigtba isntnt h b o e u n r i g a i S s s t c3 fewle ea::salYgns e:r);01:til:i 0 :0:1 137 : : : f6 0, 165 : Herzogs Friedrich von 6 01318 : Aligedir. the same; " StarnuabLin de ft ,. c o ll Op iie d ". p h y t des stein;' genheit „ ,tlede nber die Scbleswi,-Holsteirocieo,4.oo "Friedrichsil der Ira:al:13ot A l::: Schleswig-Holst il ei °l n, von Ereignisse o auf welehen da :A u ol r us i t ii e r in s , t ,s ;'' eicli, " Geneal leswig ge der I r t a rz it o n g i t e h e schlesw.:giseb..historiche Tafel gum lie.„-etaitireitb a s G tein d and sal oteger: itidois;st 0 Schleswig-Holsteinschen Frage ~, Dle 7,,-;iliSter'S",,s; " Das Ye ." ' ,toatil- ?j, .bylail:eloBp_old Neuman:rang mer beruhen von Dr. .I'. rtienOr" iiSchleswsig:Otl:teecias :0°1:4: 7111:614tr'i te Da ' rstell iteg"'" K sc land "Der Londoner v c rt " 0,10, os ,6 rlvicalanat7,edat,:: sltchelttea:sbiguraf:, p:_o• (}t 6 ,0 Dr. G. j3 a2, in seiner rechtlichen. I3edentang gts'erido It6e Bout 12 eseler ; " Preussen's . Aufgabe der -ecie/Ofrif von o tr e u e f e rife Schleswig-Holstein, BPi stel till S e e ljes ,o 4* by F. Kiirnberger ; "ljebeir Iv ",160, o se I . .a, "Der Daniseho Ol e 131' , . Erbfolgesbreit ii. dio Dente Staatserbfolge," by A. r. J. Miell el politik," &c• v irO t A Not only the authorised, but eveti tb e i a fl o editions of Ren „,, the o f 0 till'a book seem to 6°1116 Plibil undiminished vigour. A Berlin. firui cautions ,opie° of against the use of certain literal, but garblee - to , s , German translation which appeared at tileil. 13° . weeks ago. " II : cn Vel l 1 ~, A JUNIOR ATHEN/EUM.---There is t i ' —°Al3 sP" o ii ju .04 London for the establishment ouch a same Pr' Club,' to be conducted on very the as the present far-tamed ~ Athenaaurn,' it° ',Ds 10- .01; FRENCH SPEAKING is of the liig..--t d ia y l er . own peculiar way, and it is reproclucedottedh, .V•cls in the one l an guage that is understood by All ° orig y r '. o o o sons. Whatever praise can be lavished o ePe7 ocitlfeito is simple in language and lofty in tone, Whit 'l'.:h•ell°,o4 with consummate skill to the purpos hikeheoLl7 ~ „o l f si° of the adroitness of forensic oratory wi eov're' 1000 feeling, may iJe lavished on the discourses 0 1 til . e ecit ridill the French Opposition. There may be grel'l niece ° ill° the different performances, and a large share 01,,,,0 0,,e shortcomings in the best of them. Bat in all Irteileol'; unmistakeable impress of a keen, sharp, subtle 0' Saturday _Review. A - 0 Ci" lu e ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. --It iS state- 1. t ,_• A tal i { th. likely to be well informed on the sugr".,lo,o; 0:00 lengthened delay on the delivery on the jusig*--,00, ‘OO Judicial Committee of Privy Council in the two ,c,taito . A tlie Bishop of Salisbury V. Dr. Rowland Williateef es 0 00 0 , Rev. J. Fendall v. the Rev. H. B. Wilson," amongs t l is t he Vi c e. fact that there is a division of opinion e e r 1; bees who heard the case. These were the Lord i V .. 0 1; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbis;o° 13001 Lord Cranworth, Lord Kingsdown, sod - erti °l3 it 'OOl3 fsl3 of London. Earl Granville was present duri oleo .4, the proceedings, but took no part in the niioo,..oolCr'h, 0 case. The rumour is that tae Lord Chancello.l'loeropc,b worth, and Lord liingsdown. are in favour Ch ancell o r . r ylleo,ii' judgment of Dr. Lushington in. the Court t . trlo o lt e . :0 imposed the penalty of suspens.ion for 12 re e a ; ae fo P o , of the rev. defendants ; while the three rit e l' ci po I ,o rcl that the judgment was right, and that it l e ' . tioJ to turbed. In the event of this bell. g the "11°0 jaJd Granville declining to vote, Dr. LL s hins iiriiso°P will stand. ,--,010,160 7 . i i ►D a THE GREAT EASTERN. --Messrs. ‘, 0 i/1" d' . Boter ~,110 and Co. announce that the Gee at , 0 0111 feo ~0 of sold by auction, without reserve, on th l ~..y.sarie, fee.heo.il Yesterday the late steward of the ves.Besi_l;o Dirr, or name, was sent to prison for Si% months 0Y tores. IP: dad magistrates for stealing a quantity of the s ~_.. vtees 0,1 soner received an erccellent character t he °_lt7i4l,o h _:', 3 4) Captain Paton, who said that many of 030.1.5.: tot tly ili po taken were his perquisites. It also transP, otluirc, 00 • is in the possession of the sheriff of 141011,11 on heti there are abou t 500 mortgaged